Association For Financial Professionals news and trends

Corporate Card Innovators Ready For A Spending Bounce Back
B2B Payments // April 14, 2021

New research reveals the employee furlough surge of 2020 has resulted in a decline in corporate card fraud. But providers are anticipating a resurgence, and this week’s Commercial Card Innovation Tracker finds a range of new commercial card products and value-added features to support adoption....

US Firms Expected To Lower Cash Holdings Amid Pandemic
B2B Payments // July 27, 2020

Businesses have responded to the pandemic by tapping into their cash reserves, as around 32 percent of businesses plan to diminish their cash holdings in the next quarter, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) announced in a press release. The group’s AFP Corporate Cash Indicators...

BEC Tops Fraud Attempts Against Treasurers: Survey
B2B Payments // April 07, 2020

The 2020 Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Payments Fraud and Control Survey underwritten by JPMorgan found that business email compromise (BEC) was the most noted origin of tried or actual fraud incidents in 2019, according to an announcement. More than six in 10 — or...

Corporate Payments Fraud Jumps Despite Stronger Internal Controls
B2B Payments // April 10, 2019

While corporates are adopting stronger internal controls to combat the threat of payments fraud, new data from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) reveals the number of incidents has continued to climb to new heights. In a press release Tuesday (April 9), the AFP announced...

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Scammers Using GenAI to Improve, Scale Phishing Attacks

February 14, 2024
Financial scams have become increasingly sophisticated with the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Criminals armed with generative AI tools can easily create realistic videos, fake IDs, false identities and convincing deepfakes of company executives, CNBC reported Wednesday (Feb. 14). The impact of these scams is significant, according to the report. A recent survey by the Association for […]

Today In Data: B2B Payments Fraud

April 14, 2017
Fraud can happen on a multitude of levels in nearly any part of the economy. In the Association for Financial Professionals‘ 2017 Payments Fraud Survey, the organization saw a significant rise...